(RFC 1848 published October 1995, subtype last updated October 1995)
(1) MIME type name: application
(2) MIME subtype name: mosskey-request
(3) Required parameters: none
(4) Optional parameters: none
(5) Encoding considerations: quoted-printable is always sufficient
(6) Security Considerations: none
The content of this body part corresponds to the following
production.
::=
( / / )
::= "Version:" "5" CRLF
::= "Subject:" CRLF
::= "Issuer:" CRLF
::= "Certification:" CRLF
A user would use this content type to specify needed cryptographic
key information. The message containing this content type might be
directed towards an automatic or manual responder, which may be
mail-based, depending on the local implementation and environment.
The application/mosskey-request content type is an independent body
part because it is entirely independent of any other body part.
If the application/mosskey-request content contains a Certification:
field it requests certification of the self-signed certificate in the
field value. If the content contains an Issuer: field it requests
the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) chain beginning with the CRL of
the issuer identified in the field value. If the content contains a
Subject: field it requests either the public key of the subject or a
certificate chain beginning with the subject identified in the field
value, or both if both exist.
The Subject: and Issuer: fields each contain a value of type ,
which is defined in Section 4.
One possible response to receiving an application/mosskey-request
body part is to construct and return an application/mosskey-data body
part. When returning public keys, certificate chains, and
certificate revocation list chains, if there exists more than one,
several application/mosskey-data body parts are to be returned in the
reply message, one for each.